[GRASS-dev] v.in.e00 & AVCE00

[Markus Neteler]

Hi Marco,

On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 8:45 PM, Marco Pasetti <marco.pasetti at alice.it> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>  I was importing DCW (http://www.maproom.psu.edu/dcw/dcw_about.shtml) data
>  with v.in.e00 (WinGRASS), but it reported the following error:
>
>  'avcimport' program not found, install it first;
>  http://avce00.maptools.org
>
>  this requirement is not present in the GRASS requirements list, why?

No reason, someone forgot to add it. I have done so now.

>  BTW, I visited the suggested web page and downloaded the source code; I will
>  compile it on next hour.
>  If it will work fine, should we update the WinGRASS binary release now (that
>  is when I compiled and tested it) or can we wait for the next GRASS release?

Since it was a technology preview, I suggest to wait.

>  Update means: update the binaries (installer), the files
>  WinGRASS_Sources.zip, GRASS_MSYS_Environment.zip and the BuilFromSource
>  guide.
>
>  Comments?

Let's do it for 6.3.1 or 6.4.0.

BTW: Maybe you better use VMAP0 instead of the older DCW (1992)...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DCW
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_Map

Markus